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Researching Virtual Play Experiences

Researching Virtual Play Experiences Visual Methods in Education Research - Digital Education and Learning

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book illuminates the lived experience of a group of primary school children engaged in virtual world play during a year-long after-school club. Shaped by post-structuralist theory and New Literacy Studies, it outlines a playful, participatory and emergent methodological approach, referred to as 'rhizomic ethnography'. This 'hybrid' text uses both words and images to describe the fieldsite and the methodology, demonstrating how children's creation of a digital community through Minecraft was shaped by the both the game and their wider social and cultural experiences. Through the exploration of various dimensions of the club, including visual and soundscape data, the author demonstrates the 'emergent dimension of play'. It will be of interest and value to researchers of children's play, as well as those who explore visual methods and design multimodal research outputs.


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Book information

ISBN: 9783030786939
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 649.55
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 382
Weight: 674g
Height: 156mm
Width: 219mm
Spine width: 33mm